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Ritto Wanderlust
"Portugal's Great Boylesque"
Graduated in Theater Studies and trained in dance. For
twenty years he has worked as an artist in various areas
of theater and dance. His taste for glamor led him to a
boylesque career in 2018.

Until now, he has never stopped striving to be bigger
and better at the art of burlesque. He works mainly in his
country, Portugal, in the biggest cabarets, but he also goes
to other countries to perform. In January 2022 he was King
of the That's Amore Burlesque Festival in Rome.

His work as boylesque explores the masculine universe in
the art of burlesque. He has performances such as Tribute
to Fred Astaire, Pagan God, The Classic, Man in a Pic Nic,
among others. In addition to being a performer, he is also
a Burlesque Chair Dance teacher. He teaches classes in
Portugal and workshops abroad.

-Who is Ritto Wanderlust?
-RW: Ritto Wanderlust was born after 1 saw a man doing burlesque
far the first time . lt was in Lisbon at a Fest ival and the boylesque
was Dita Castro. I thought it was amazing and 1 wanted to try it.
1 Iiked it and I continued.
-Tell u s about your professional worse. Becau se we do burlesque,
career and your artist ic many peop le define us in a wrong "LA mAISon DE LA LUnE"
references? way. But we are here to clarify and
-RW: J've always been connected to re-educate.
the arts. 1 studied theater and dance
and did many shows asan actor and -Difference between burlesque in
dancer. 1 continu e to do it, but wit h Portugal and the countries where
this add ition, the burlesque. Within you have performed?
this art I have references like the -RW: The difference i s in the number
great Jett Adore and Chr is O. of perfarmer s. Because the quality i
s neither superior nor inferior.
-What do you think of the burle We have great perfarmer s and super
sque world in Portugal? creatives.
-RW: In Portugal there are few
people doing burlesque , but we fight -What do you prefer: Festivals or
to ensure that it continues to exist Contests? Why?
with great quality and without losing -RW: I Iike challenge and compa ni
what happens in other countri es. In onship and that's why I lave festivals.
Portugal, there are more and more However, festivals usually have
people interested in seeing this type contests, wh ich I also think is good
of show. Which means we are gai as long as it's healthy. 7- Tell us
ning space and strength. about you r projects far 2023
In 2023, very good things wi ll
-Tell us about the prejudices happen. I will continu e to fight to find
related to Burlesque. work inside and outside my country. I
-RW: There are still prejudices , but wil l do huge project s and create new
it was worse. Becau se we do it was perfarmances.